diff --git a/board/common/overlay/etc/init.d/S40network b/board/common/overlay/etc/init.d/S40network
index e33275a903..7bd0ea7d0a 100755
--- a/board/common/overlay/etc/init.d/S40network
+++ b/board/common/overlay/etc/init.d/S40network
@@ -9,12 +9,14 @@ watch_conf="/data/etc/watch.conf"
 
 link_nego_timeout=10
 
+
+test -n "$os_version" || source /etc/init.d/base
+
 source $watch_conf
 
 prepare_conf $static_conf $sys_static_conf $boot_static_conf
 test -r $static_conf && source $static_conf
 
-test -n "$os_version" || source /etc/init.d/base
 
 watch_eth() {
     count=0